Then fell upon the house a sudden gloom, a shadow on those features fair and thin. And softly, from the hushed and darkened room, two angels issued, where but one went in.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

Don't be managed by the likelihood of mishaps. Be motivated by the promise of favor!

I had my Aunt Rosie, who was famous and then not, so I got a lesson in fame early on. And I understood how little it has to do with you. And also how you could use it.

All my life, since the time I was little, has been a long distraction. At least that is the way some people want to perceive it, but for me, it's given me a lot of strength.

The highest achievers in the world have all succeeded because they mapped out their visions

I don't know why British actors are getting big parts in American TV shows. Maybe it's because we're cheap.

For a couple of years, I focused more on producing because I wanted to be close to home, after traveling a lot for work.

If tears were liquor/ I'd have drunk myself sick.

It is essential for the oppressed to realize that when they accept the struggle for humanization they also accept, from that moment, their total responsibility for the struggle.

What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?

The rope by which the great blocks of taxes are attached to any citizenry is simple loyalty.